(a) With the commissioner’s prior approval, a foreign trust company organized as a corporation or a limited liability company may become a trust company through domestication in accordance with the applicable Organization Act and this section.
(b) A foreign trust company that proposes to domesticate shall file with the commissioner an application for a charter under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-305 and this section. The application shall include all documents required to be submitted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-305, except that, instead of submitting organizational documents, the foreign trust company shall submit domestication documents, in accordance with the applicable Organizations Act and a plan of domestication.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 383-C:11-1105

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

(c) After receipt of a complete application for state charter under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-C:11-1105(b), and consistent with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-305(b), the commissioner may conduct an investigation under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-306 and may conduct a hearing under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-307. The commissioner shall take action on the application under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-308, subject to any conditions that he or she may impose with respect to the domestication, including establishing a date by which the domestication must be completed. In all domestication proceedings under this article, the foreign trust company shall act as organizer of the trust company subject to domestication for purposes of article 3 of RSA 383-A. Upon the foreign trust company’s request, the commissioner subsequently may extend the domestication completion date.
(d) If the commissioner approves a foreign trust company’s application for a state charter under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-308(a), then the foreign trust company shall file with the secretary of state the charter bearing the commissioner’s endorsement. The secretary of state, upon payment of a fee equal to the fee charged by the secretary of state to entities domesticating under the applicable Organizations Act, shall cause the charter to be recorded.
(e) Upon the secretary of state accepting the domestication filing, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate to the domesticated trust company as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-A:3-310.
(f) A foreign trust company becomes a trust company authorized to transact trust business when the domestication is effective under the applicable Organizations Act and this chapter, consistent with any determination by the commissioner.
(g) A trust company chartered in this state may domesticate as a foreign trust company and transact trust business in another jurisdiction in accordance with the applicable laws of the other jurisdiction.